Well, What can I say. We have 4 computers here, all hooked up to a router. I registered just to be able to respond to your help. Wow!!! Looked everywhere & found nothing that worked. Found your solution, tried it on one puter & it worked flawlessly. So now we have all 4 puters running perfectly as a network.. Thank you, thank you, thatnk you. Oh BTW did I forget to say THANK YOU? Have a wonderful day...